Facial Expression And Mastication Flashcards
Scalp boundaries
SCALP
Viscerocranium: temporal bone
Particular tubercle
Mandibular fossa
Styloid process
Mastoid process
Stylomastoid foremen
Mastoid notch
Viscerocranium: mandible
Mandibular condyle
Coronoid process
Temporomandibular joint articulation
- Fibrocartilage disc
- superior compartment
- inferior compartment - Ligaments
- joint capsule
TMJ motions
Depression vs. Elevation: depression is weaker in the animal kingdom
Protrusion vs. Retrusion/Retraction
Excursion: side to side
Temporal fossa: boundaries
Above zygomatic arch
Posterior to the frontozygomatic suture
Temporal fossa: contents
Proximal portion of temporalis muscle
Infratemporal fossa: boundaries
Below zygomatic arch
Posterior to maxilla
Between
Pterygoid plates and mandible
Infra temporal fossa: contents
- optic ganglion
Distal temporalis muscle
Lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
Maxillary urtery”
Pterygopalatine fossa: boundaries
Medial: palatine bone
Anterior: the posterior maxilla
Posterior: sphenoid bone
Pterygopalatine fossa: contents
Facial nerve: CN 7
Originates: lateral pontomedullary junction
Outlets: internal acoustic meatis
CN 7 lesion before outlet
All functions will be compromised
CN 7 Lesion: after geniculate ganglion, before tympanic cavity
CNI lesion: before